And lo on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:44:23 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did  
spake, saying:

> Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>>  From an outside observer's pov both trains are shorter then the double
>> track so should pass without problem; I was trying to reconcile it with
>> the traindrivers' view. The oncoming train is shorter, but so is the
>> double track; so they should still collide?
>
>   From the POV of one of the trains the other train is shortened *more*
> than the track.

If they were travelling at the same speed I'd have thought that the  
shortening of both track and train would be proportional from the view of  
the other train?

-- 
Phil Cook

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